The dates of succession of the five successor States are therefore an important factor for the Assembly to take into account if it chooses to consider making any claims on the successor States in this regard.

(c) Successor State means the State which has replaced another State on the occurrence of a succession of States

(g) Date of the succession of States means the date upon which the successor State replaced the predecessor State in the responsibility for the international relations of the territory to which the succession of States relates.

Attribution of the nationality of the successor State

Attribution of the nationality of the successor States

2. A successor State may provide that persons concerned who, in relation to the succession of States, voluntarily acquire the nationality of another successor State or, as the case may be, retain the nationality of the predecessor State shall lose its nationality acquired in relation to such succession.

b All international obligations undertaken by the USSR have been assumed by the successor States.

Views of the successor States

(j) Ensure that all detained persons have immediate access to a doctor and a lawyer, as well as contact with their families, and that detainees held by the Criminal Investigation Department are given prompt access to a judge

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The successor States concerned were also encouraged to confirm their succession to the human rights obligations undertaken by the predecessor States and to accede to the conventions if predecessor States had not been parties to them.

Subject to the provisions of the present articles, persons concerned having their habitual residence in the territory affected by the succession of States are presumed to acquire the nationality of the successor State on the date of such succession.

Granting of the right of option by the successor States

Relative shares of the successor States

1. A predecessor State may provide that persons concerned who, in relation to the succession of States, voluntarily acquire the nationality of a successor State shall lose its nationality.

Predecessor and successor States shall grant a right of option to all persons concerned covered by the provisions of article 24 and paragraph 2 of article 25 who are qualified to have the nationality of both the predecessor and successor States or of two or more successor States.

One possibility is to use the dates in Opinion No. 11 of 16 July 1993 of the Arbitration Commission of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.

It would be desirable to enable such persons to acquire the nationality of the successor State if they had links with it.

One Government took the position, consistent with article 34 of the 1978 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect to Treaties, that the successor States are bound by obligations of their predecessor States when a single State breaks up into two or more successors.

Granting of the right of option by the predecessor and the successor States

Attribution of the nationality of the successor State and withdrawal of the nationality of the predecessor State

Child born after the succession of States

Subject to the provisions of article 8, when two or more States unite and so form one successor State, irrespective of whether the successor State is a new State or whether its personality is identical to that of one of the States which have united, the successor State shall attribute its nationality to all persons who, on the date of the succession of States, had the nationality of a predecessor State.

(f) Person concerned means every individual who, on the date of the succession of States, had the nationality of the predecessor State and whose nationality may be affected by such succession

In accordance with this practice, a successor State is considered to be a party to treaties concluded by the predecessor State only upon a formal notification of succession on its part with explicit reference to the treaties in respect to which it wishes to succeed.

Inherits

Inherited

Legacy

Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States

The attribution of nationality in relation to the succession of States, as well as the acquisition of nationality following the exercise of an option, shall take effect on the date of such succession, if persons concerned would otherwise be stateless during the period between the date of the succession of States and such attribution or acquisition of nationality.

Cases of succession of States covered by the present articles

37. Mrs. Dascalopoulou Livada (Greece) said that the draft articles should cover only those questions of nationality directly connected with the succession of States and that a title such as Effects of the succession of States on the nationality of natural persons or Succession of States and nationality of natural persons would be preferable.

States concerned shall take all appropriate measures to prevent persons who, on the date of the succession of States, had the nationality of the predecessor State from becoming stateless as a result of such succession.

The issue will further be discussed at the meeting of the Committee of High Representatives of the five successor States, which was established under the Agreement on Succession Issues among the five successor States, and which will take place in late September when the report will be closely examined.

(d) State concerned means the predecessor State or the successor State, as the case may be

Indeed, in cases of State succession where there was more than one successor State, an obligation of result would lead to situations of dual or multiple nationality on a large scale.

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Secondly, the five successor States were ready to continue to work constructively to resolve outstanding succession issues at the current session.

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Inherited by

b Succession.

c Succession.

On 28 May 1993 Slovakia, and on 30 September 1993 the Czech Republic, deposited instruments of succession with effect from 1 January 1993, the date of succession of States.

Welcoming also the agreement of 29 June 2001 on succession issues among the States successors to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,

Provisions relating to specific categories of succession of States